The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 18, 1925, Page 5

FLAT WORKERS _ MAY STRIKE IN NEW YORK CITY 200,000 Will Walk Out Over Hours NEW YORK, April 16— (FP) — Apartment .house elevator men in bondage to 14 hours’ night work and 84 hours a week, are being canvassed by the Elevator Starters and Operat- ors Union in a vigorous organization campaign. i The campaign includes the hall boys and the attendants, the starters and the door men, says Michael Fiore business agent, of Local Union 67 and it has the backing of the firemen’s union, the elevator constructors and the building service employes’ organ: ization as weil as the support of the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater’ New York. Many Are Organized. An up-town office is being opened by the elevator operators’ union to facilitate their new campaign. A strike will be the culmination of the organization drive unless demands now being drawn up are granted by employers, says Fiore. There aré 200,000 workers engaged in building maintenance, a minority of them al- ready organized, whose backing will be sought in the movement. Demand 8Hour Day. Reduction in wages of 10 and 15 per cent have recently been suffered by elevator operators and other build- ing maintenance workers, says Fiore. The affiliated unions will demand wage increases of 25 to 30 per cent and the 8-hour day. A minimum of $25 a week will be asked in apart- ment houses. Experience in the April, 1920 strike taught the elevator operators the need for industrial co-operation from the other building service employes. The elevator operators went it alone in that strike with disastrous results. (Continued from page 1) importance to the state,” Dr, Hatnil- ton writes in her report on Russian industrial hygiene in the February issue of The Journal of Industrial Hygiene, “It is, however, a surprise to a foreigner to seé a system of pre- ventive medicine, diagnosis, and treat- ment so admirably worked out in so short a time, for it must be remember- ed that 'the,country has had peace for only a little over two-years. Yet there is no city in America.so well equip- ped to protect its working population against the dangers of indystry and to care for them they fall victims to these dangers as is Moscow.” Dr. Hamilton's first visit was to the institute Obuch for occupational di- peases, “a large building with dis- pesary, hospital wards: and labora- tories which serves the city of Mos- cow, receiving patients from all the medical centers, whenever it is sus- pected that the trouble may be of oc- cupational origin. There are thirteen physicians attached to, the institute, atid. live laboratories for clinical pa- thology and for experimental work.” Guard Workers’ Health At present the institute is-making a study of metallic poisonings, Lead poisoning, for instance, is common in the Russian painting trade, because white lead paint is universally em- ployed.in that country. “But a law recently passed decrees that by 1930 the manufacture and use of white lead must be abandoned.” In co-operation with the dispensa- ries attached to the factories the in- stitute is carrying out routine exa- minations of large groups of workers in various industries, according to Dr. Hamilton. The actual examina- tion is made in the factory dispens- ary, but if a puzzling case is found, the worker is sent to the institute, sometimes for the day, sometimes for several nights, so that without inter- rupting his work he may be put thru all the necessary tests. Health Is First Consideration Dr. Hamilton next, visited the In- stitute of Sanitary Hygiene which is especially devoted to problems of ven- tilation, temperatute’ and lighting. One of the chief occupational hazards this institute is fighting, is that of mercury poisoning, common in the hat industry, and known as “hatters shakes.” A caustic potash solution has been substituted for the nitrate of mercury used formerly. Dr. Hamilton tells» how “a speci- men hat,” of white felt, was’ presented to her. “Candor obliges us to say Dc S. ZIMMERMAN DE NTIST MY NEW LOCATION bor 1 X-Ray | that although it is perféétly: good felt, rices — it is not such felt as; an American to Gas manufacturer would régatd with pride, Workers Given | nor would be persinivl, By -examin- BST. 12 YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY ested in display in pti the beauty of the felt is of minor im- portance, the health of the hatter is of prime importance. ‘ Another health institute in Moscow 4695. Crepe, gingham, prigted voile or linen could be used for this style. The pockets may be finished at the edges with fancy stitchery, and the paws, eyes and tail worked out in em- brojdery, or stitchery. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 4, 6, and 8 years. A 6 year size requires 2% yards of 27 inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt’ of 12c tm silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our 5077. Filet lace and crepe de chine ) are here combined. One could also use radium. silk, crepe or batiste, with{UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER trimming of lace or embroidery. 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small,|) Pattern mailed to any addregs on 34-86; medium, 88-40; large, 4244; receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. ite Address: The DAILY WORKER, of lace or contrasting material and‘1%' ied the | DAILE DAIL! yard of crepe de chine if made as il-|' NOTICE TO PATTERN BUTE lustrated of 36 inch material. If made] Pagterns,, Peing Ald, ee ent, are ture of one material 2% yards will be re- Miahog ae a a"New Yor ork firm yg peomseed te quired. IRKER evi oo! ree Pattern mailed to any address on a ae we are eines receipt of 12c in silver or stamps, Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER | {fcr 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c 4 siver or stamps, FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Bend, J in ‘Sorina ana stamps for PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thelr their dental work, DR. RASNICK . DENTIST oon 645 Smithfield Street.” SOVIET RUSSIA Be AHEAD OF U. S. THE DAILY WORKER is ‘the “Tsect,” the Central Workers’ Institute, This is devoted to the scien- tifie study of labor, “the effort to fit the work to the man and the man to the work.” Here experts are “carry- ing out all sorts of physical and men- tal experiments to detremine fitness for certain kinds of work, to develop efficient methods of work, to get rid of fatigue, and to devise ways of dis- covering individual capacities and in- capacities in men and women work- ers.” ‘Women, as a class, are urged to go into the factory, not only because economic conditions force them to, but because they are considered as “citizens,” side by side with men, “The wages for men and women are the same for the same work,” al- though as an aetual fact they are usually working on different proces- ses in the factories, and there are special laws relating to them, such as the limitation of night work and the prohibition of certain types of work considered particularly injuri- ous to women, The desire to substitute the factory for the home leads to the encourage- ment in every way of the employment of married women. Not only are nur- series provided for the children of working mothers but a very generous arrangement is made for the nursing of the babies and the care of the chil- dren when they are sick. A nursing mother is allowed time off to go and feed her baby, and when the nursery is at a distance from the factory this may actually cut as much as two hours out of her day’s work. Nursing Mothers Welcomed and Cared For “No discrimination against a mother is supposed to be permitted by any factory committee. If a young un- married man and a nursing mother were to present themselves for em- ployment, they would be treated as if they were equally desirable.” The theory of Soviet Russia, accord- ing to Dr. Hamilton, is that labor, in- dustrial and agricultural, is the foun- dation of the state, and that the life of the industrial workers should cen- ter around the factory just as the life of the peasant centers around the farm. “Their ideal is to have in con- nection with each factory, not only communal houses but also a nursery, a kindergarten, a hospital, an amuse- ment center and whatever else the workers need and want.” Textile Factory Has Best Hospital In Moscow Dr, Hamilton reports that the best hospital in Moscow belongs.to a large textile ‘factory. In another factory there were “wall newspapers” in abundance, and “in addition to the in- numerable activities of-its own work- ers, this factory, together with two other nearby factories, had under- taken to play ‘big brother’ to fifty-two villages in. a certain section of the country near Moscow, This particular factory in its effort to increase pro- duction was working two shifts; one from 7 to,4 with an hour’s break at noon, and the other from 4 to 11, with no break.” In Russia, “It is accepted that the worker’s welfare is far more import- ant than what he produces,” states Dr. Hamilton. “Consequently, the diffi- culties which we encounter in this country, when we wish to make a through study of a given factory or a given industry in which we suspect smoe unusual hazard, are unknown in Russia. Here the whole question can be treated as openly and as thorough- ly as if it were a problem of pneumo- nia or typhoid fever.” An Entirely Different Viewpoint “Given the fact that industrial medi- cine is recognized as a branch of me- dical study fully equal in importance to any other, that it is engaging the services of the ablest men and wo- men in the medical profession, and that their work is meeting with en- thusiastic ¢o-operation and with no obstacle except the lack of money, it would seem that we are justified in looking for great things in this field to come out of Russia.” day.’ tried, FOR SALE—Fur Shop, well estab- lished, good paying, in running or- der, best location, reasonable rent. Best reason for selling. Addr Daily Worker, Box 112-W. You Can Still Get-- The April issue of the Workers Monthly with its many splendid features that make it the leading working class magazine in this country. Let this issue of valuable articles, cartoons and photographs begin your subscription at the extremely low rates of $2.00 a Year—$1.25 Six Months The Workers Monthly 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Il. FOI rr Itself POLISH 4 TERROR MURDERS MANY, WORKERS World Protest Grows Against Butchers (Continued from page 1) saved the Polish Deputy Lanzutsky from death, On the heels of the Lan- zutsky affair came the bestial murder of two exchange prisoners bound for Soviet Russia. The murder was com- mitted by Polish police officers a half hour before the exchange party was to cross the border, The day after this crime was com- mitted the Polish courts, thru Judge Krakoff, condemned to death the Com- munist soldiers Segal and Diffetski, charging that they.had issued revolu- tionary proclamations, Peasants Are Persecuted Coincident with its action against Lanzutsky, the. Polish diet deprived three Ukrainian members of parlia- mentary immunity: for the purpose of prosecuting them for political activi- ties. The three :feputies, Wassilchuk, Chuchmay andKozitsky have been and collect the charges at a later date. marked. by the.Grabski government WORKER agents in closer touch with the subscribers and.at the because of their efforts on behalf of the Ukrainian national minority peas- antry, that has. suffered intolerably under the Polish regime, The oppressed Polish masses are moving as best they can against this reign of terror. But on all sides they are met by merciless military force. in the coal basin of Dumbrawa, the police attacked a number of Communists, in the fight one policeman and one Com- munist were killed. The troops were then brought into action. They pro- ceeded to carry out a gas attack against the workers. 145 Communists, among them 30 women, have been ar- rested at Lodz. Police Disperse Crowds Thruout the whole land, the most violent forms of military oppression and suppression are the order of the When thousands of workers gathered about. the court ‘room in Przempl, where Lanzutsky was being they were. immediately dis- persed by the gendarmerie. The demonstrations to save Lan- zutsky outside Poland constituted one of the best international working class protests in history. ly every town in Europe where the workers’ movement has any semblance of legality, monster meetings. were held and demonstrations conducted before the Polish consulates. , In Leningrad 900,000 Russian work- ers gathered in ing before the P All over Russid!¢hé@ Polish consulates are heavily guarded by red army sol- diers for fear’ th& indignation ‘of the workers = againsti«'the Polish white terror. might result in violence. In Paris, Berlin, London and all the large centers of Europe, monster demon- strations composed of thousands of workers struck ‘feaf into the hearts of Polish, representitives abroad and forced the Grabski government to back down on the legal murder of Lanzutsky. In Washington; D. C., embassy building“ ‘was picketed by hundreds of workers. demonstration before the Polish con- sulate was dispersed by the police, resulting in the aifest of three Com- munists. In Chicago a similar demonstration was carried out and in addition a great mass meeting was held in the Polish section attended by hundreds of Polish workers. Polish Workers Need Help, The Polish regime of blood is arous- ing the wrath of the workers the It is still continuing. Thousands of families dre left depend- ant because of husbands and brothers and fathers being dragged off to pris on, executed or murdered outright, The Polish wo need help. Send.your contributions tc the International,Red Aid which has taken up the cause of the oppressed Polish working class. be made payable to George Maurer, secretary, American Section Intern: tional Red Aid,” 19'S, Lincoln street, Chicago, Ill. SLL LLL LULL world over. The Safety Razor that AutoStrop | Sharpens ite Own Blades COMPLETE OUTFITS OUTAITS #49. & $5.00 For Sale at All Stores Selling Rasors and Blades jHITE BUILDERS AT WORK MILWAUKEE LEARNS A THING OR TWO FROM MONESSEN Send Greetings to Our Young Builders 4 ay the suggestions of this column are useful to other BUILD- ERS thruout the country and that even a local like Milwaukee where they are already doing such splendid work, can learn some- thing from our busy young workers in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania, is proved by a letter from Comrade Shklar, secretary and DAILY WORKER agent for Milwaukee. He writes: Milwaukee, Wis., April 13, 1925. The DAILY WORKER, Builders’ Column. Dear Comrades: Inclosed in this letter you will find three new subscribers among them one subscription for the period of one year. This subscription has been secured on credit as the comrade could not afford at the time to pay six dollars. He prom- ised to pay in a few days and | feel sure that he will pay soon, 1 had similar experience in the past few weeks and | find that it is a very good idea to allow credit on the long term subscriptions It keeps our DAILY same time insures for the paper long term subscribers. There is very little inconvenience connected with the plan and | feel sure that our members thruout the country could practice it on a much larger scale. | take this opportunity of extending my greetings to the Young Workers’ League in Monessen, Pa., who are putting this plan into effect and are making good. Fraternally yours, G. S. SHKLAR, Secretary. Has your local found “methods that work”? If it has, or you think that you can show how we can more efficiently build “our Daily,” get’ your suggestions and “fire when you are ready.” Weill print it to see what other builders think of it. * * * * DETROIT LED TODAY with 5 subs sent in by the City Agent and with other locals and agents right behind him. This is only on subs sent in on April 15: DETROIT, MICH.—A. E. Goetz (5) ROUNDUP, MONT.—J. H. Roddy (3) MONESSEN, PA.—Leo Kauppila (3) HARTFORD, CONN.—J. Krichevsky (2) CHICAGO, ILL.—Nancy Markoff; N, Kjar; Louis Falich. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Maurice Malkin; Ed Arnold; L. E. Katter- feld. BROOKLYN, N, Y.—C. 0. Peterson. WEST NEW YORK, N. J.—A. T. Zaparka. MILWAUKEE, WIS.—G. S. Schlar (3); John Vaikas. HANCOCK, MICH.—John Kiiskila » % OAKLAND, CAL.—P. B. Cowdery (2). BOSTON, MASS.—Elsie Pultur. HIBBING, MINN.—Geo. Mackre. NEW HAVEN, CONN.—I. Hoffman. In practical- Wants Democracy for Counts and Liberals ’- But Not for Workers Over Pre-War Figure (Special to The Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, April 16—The tea indus- NEW YORK, April 16.—Samuel Un-| try of . Trans-Caucasia has consider- termeyer, the millionaire attorney | ably developed, and great success has who ‘argues for freé speech in one/peen achieved during the last three breath’ and attacks trade union’ ‘or- years, Whereas private organizations ganizations in the next, delivered him- | haa been growing tea before the war self of a characteristic speech at the | on 405 acres, the state is now exploit- convention of the national associa- ing 2,700 acres. tion of the Jewish baking industry in The current year established a new the Broadway Central Hotel. record with regard to crops in com- +0 Untermyer condemned the gag on| parison with the previous years (in- the Polish; COU2t Karolyi and the conviction of | cluding pre-war years). The Georgian Roger N. Baldwin in Paterson, in the Gosplan (state planning commission) same talk in which he criticised the | has framed an extensive program of Jewish Bakers’ Union with which his | development for the next five years. hearers deal. Untermyer thinks the In 1929, it is expected that the area organized workers are too hard on|of tea plantations will reach 16,200 their bosses and argues that the un-| acres, Simultaneously with the in- ion should sign its contracts with the|crease in plantations, etc., factories Jewish bakers’ association instead of | are being built; in 1926 there will be compelling the bosses to sign up| twenty factories, four with a produc- separately with the union. tive capacity of 50,000 pounds of green He further deplored the practice pf|tea, and sixteen small ones for the compelling the boss to get his work-| production of partly prepared tea. ers thru the union. His words arous- Special credits were granted to the ed among the employers much pity| plantations amounting to 4,000,000 for themselves and admiration for|rubles (£420,000). A number of sci- the lawyer who is their kind of a/entific expeditions are being arrang- liberal. ed this year to the-world centers of the tea growing’ industry, viz., Brit- jsh India, Ceylon, China, and Japan. Four experimental stations are now working in Chakva and Ozurgnety. Soviet Tea Output eat protest meet- in. Trans-Caucasia ih consulate there. In Detroit a Let the DAILY WORKER make your arguments every day. Send in a sub for your shop mates. ers and peasant: Checks should Ww ¢ great day. yy This makes it possible for cakers your bundle of the May Day 1113 W. Washington Bivd, Special to arrive for your big meeting. Enclosed $... And the 12-page special is only--- Name: 2 Cents a Copy. nA City: .. Use this blank “vl BEES SE SR SEE een Oreo en Se Oe ee ee NE NEN Tn TE AN You Will Surely Get It On May 1 " matter where you are the special Me May Day issue of the DAILY WORKER will reach you on labor's The May Day features will go into all issues so that they arrive on May Day in all parts of the country. THE DAILY WORKER WIDE RIFT IN BRITISH LABOR PARTY'S RANKS Labor Weekly Flays the MacDonald Government (Continued from page 1) responsibility for whatever sins of omission or commission can be char- ged against that government. They must not be held up to us as the ones who were always on the side of social- ist policy and not responsible when the labor government went astray. Kneebreeches and Swords We must not in our days of oppost- tion forget that court dress, court functions and social gatherings, such as dinners, luncheons and receptions, were as well attended by the I. L. P. ministers as by other people, The cocked hats, tin swords and other tomfool paraphernalia appeared to be as beloved by some: socialists as‘ this sort of guy worship is by tories and liberals. There were some splendid exceptions, but these were exceptions. During the labor government’s exist- ence the party in the house was tied hand and foot, owing to the worn-out methods and rules of the commons. We hope the Easter conference . will back up Fred Jowett in his demand for a root and branch change. The whole cabinet system must sooner or later give place to a system which will allow men and women to speak and vote according to conviction and not as now be guided solely by ex- pediency. ‘ “We Are Just The Same” But they must be prepared to treat their own people to the same measure of criticism as they give to other parties. If we would escape the evils of the past, we must be prepared to face frankly the issues involved. Our view is that the late government did do valuable work for the people, but it was handicapped from the start, because its leaders, with one or two exceptions, like parrots, went about the country declaring that a labor government was exactly like all other governments. Bankers were quite safe, capitalists were quite safe, the monarchy was safe, and so was the empire, This latter was handed to Lord Olivier and J. H. Thomas, both of whom only appeared too anxious to prove that, so far as they were con- cerned, the imperialists had no cause to fear. In addition, the prime minis- ter himself, in his first letter on India rand his dispatch to Zaglul Pasha, proved that Indian policy and Egypt- ian policy were very largely to be carried on on lines similar to those already laid down. Enough of Self Praise In the things that count most of all, that is in national and international policy, members of the I. L. P. must not attempt to prove themselves more consistent or virtuous than other people. The labor party as a party, including the I. L. P., gave whole- hearted support to the ex-premier’s foreign policy, which included the Dawes report, the snubbing of Zaglul Pasha, and the statements that the Suez Canal and the Sudan were out- side the realm of discussion. The bombing of homes, buildings, and sheep in Irak, India and Egypt, was accepted and defended as a painful necessity by I. L. P. ministers, who were formerly pacifists and conscien- tious objectors against war. More cruisers were added to the navy al- most withoit protest. This policy also was accepted by out-and-out paci- fists. As to India, the Bengal ordin- ance under the abominable act passed over a hundred years ago, under which people. may be arrested with- out a warrant or charge of any kind, and held in prison for long terms, was issued while Lord Olivier and Pro- fessor Richards were at the India office, and was defended by them. Chicago, Ill. - copies of the